Box lyre

Description

Box lyre or begena of wood and hide, played in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church to accompany psalms and histories: Africa, Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Addis Alem, c. 1900

Museum reference

A.1980.382

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Box lyre

Production information

Unknown
Addis Alem, Oromia, Ethiopia, Eastern Africa

Date

c. 1900

Materials

Wood, Hide

Physical description

Wood and hide

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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